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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2012: Mojave National Preserve bicycle-camping and hiking, Lanfair Valley loop / Day 8: Ivanpah Rd to Nipton and then Primm the next morning /

I get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnight

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8932-tent-cabin.jpg After a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work dayAfter a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work dayAfter a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work dayAfter a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work dayAfter a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work dayAfter a good meal at the Nipton Café with good company, the real luxury is a shower for the first time after 8 backcountry daysThumbnails I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work day

Though the thermometer hit 70F today, it's in the 40s tonight, so the added warmth feels luxurious after a week of chilly backcountry nights. I get to bed before midnight and get up at 5h for the 12-mile ride to Primm to catch my Amtrak bus.